I've seen hydrodipped wood effect on dash fascia. Looks nice. Think i will pass on the wallpaper idea

I have been obsessed lately with the whole stickerbomb trend.  I even joined a facebook group dedicated to it.  If you ever want to get free stickers from somewhere all you have to do is ask!  For a few months i have been contacting automotive companies and many were happy to send me stickers.  One even sent me a whole decal kit for the entire car!

So my inspiration led me and my toddler to start stickerbombing.   First i started with the door handle estrucheons.  Emojis!




From cabinet grade plywood i made door panels next and continued the theme.













Next I decided to think outside the box and do an exposed roof.  I have never seen it done before on a 1200 so why not try.  If i get tired of it then i can always cover it with a factory headlining.

I coated the surface rust in POR 15 first.  Painting it on a vertical surface is a real pain in the stomach.










This is still a work in progress.

Had a friend lend me flares for a moment to test fit.  I think they look cool but i decided i am not going down that road again.  The General Ree i had to hire a shop to do it and help and it was a real pain.   Good result but i dont like the idea of cutting into fresh fenders and quarter panels to make flares fit again.




This is the correct shock absorber part number.   I think someone was asking for that so here it is.




Suspension installed.




I returned the brakes i bought back to Rockauto since they were for bigger B210 version.  My research shows that its possibly 76 and newer that uses the bigger caliper and rotor.  Hence why it did not fit.

Luckilly Stan was able to help me out and give me a pair of Raybestos refurbished calipers that were the right size




When they arrived i fit them bit then I had a new problem.  The rotors were rubbing the calipers and that was a no go.  From my measurements it turned out that the rotors that came with my ute were 220mm in diameter. 

Rotors





Caliper rub










I decided to take the calipers apart to paint them.   I bought a Duplicolor caliper kit to paint them.  I have to say the paint goes on super thick.  By brush.  The paint took weeks to cure so beware.  Put it on as thin as possible and don't follow the directions to recoat after 5 minutes.....let the first coat dry for a few days first then recoat.  Or use a different product.










Wagner brake hardware kit from rockauto.




Paint.










Reassembled ready for struts.




I solved the rotor problem by researching that the correct size for the B110 or B120 is 212mm rotors.  The difference of 8mm was causing the rubbing issue.  I hired a shop to machine the rotors down to 212mm to fit.




Success for now.

Taking pre-orders for my custom cowl vents.

3/16" thick polished aluminum. 5 different designs available.

Price: $135usd plus shipping worldwide.

Contact: haveajeffrey83@gmail.com













The fifth one is offset spiderwebs.

Holy moly

Sweet

Misleading. Are you all applying sealant between the manifold and gasket or between the gasket and head? Or both?

Rare as hens teeth. 😂😂

Link?

"Ice ice baby!"

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